The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University – Boston’s Landscape for Learning
A self-guided field trip to the Arnold Arboretum offers students of all ages in the City of Boston the opportunity to:
- Experience place-based education in the outdoors
- Introduce or reinforce central concepts from classroom lessons with hands-on/minds-on learning
- Provide multiple examples and non-examples of such concepts
- Respond emotionally, cognitively, and physically to a new environment in ways that can enhance, deepen, and transfer learning across disciplines
In order to facilitate such experiences, the Arnold Arboretum is launching a Bus Funding Grant Program to cover transportation costs for self-guided field trips.
Funding has been made possible through generous donations from the Clinton H. & Wilma T. Shattuck Charitable Trust.
Eligibility
Open to educators who work with students in the City of Boston district schools and public charter schools.
Applications must demonstrate the desire and ability to use the natural spaces and landscape of the Arnold Arboretum for meaningful, small group teaching and learning experiences in the areas of science, math, language, social studies, or the arts.
Dates
Self-guided trips must take place Monday through Friday during the academic school year.
Application forms can be submitted throughout the academic school year (August 25 – June 1) for use during same academic period, on a rolling basis, until the grant cycle runs out.
Teacher Responsibilities
- Submit detailed application form. If granted, the application counts as a self-guided registration.
- Fill out an evaluation form with photos and/or student work samples after completing the field trip.*
*Failure to comply with this requirement may prevent awardees from receiving future bus funding grants.
Restrictions
One bus can transport up to 60 passengers in pre-K to grade 2, or 50 passengers in grades 3 to 12, including adult teachers and chaperones.
Questions?
Contact Ana Maria Caballero at 617-384-9032 for more information.